Sims Medieval won't open

I don't know what your computer specs are with you running Windows 8. I have a next gen running Windows 11. I couldn't play the sims medieval for years, then I found this and I was so happy when it worked. I've been playing it for almost 2 days now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kabb85cVeY&t=23s

It's a long story, I have an HP from 2015 my local tech guy did some voodoo on to dial it back to Windows 8 so I could still run older programs and games, he did it when he was tuning it up for me a while back. When he did that, "Sims Medieval" ran fine, but when I tried to install "Pirates and Nobles", it refuses to open, as I explained previously. The EA App workaround is interesting to me, but I'm curious: Does it include the "Pirates and Nobles" expansion material?

Thank you, it worked for me better than contacting EA support <3

I have the Pirates and Nobles expansion and it works.

Edit: Also everything is and was already installed in the EA app. The base game and the expansion are the digital version. I got rid of all my game's physical disks years ago.

I also was experiencing a lot of crashes using the 1 cpu option setting. After clicking, (selecting) the 3 cpu instead of the 1 cpu the crashes are a lot less but on long play sessions it'll still crash. 

I also noticed sims getting stuck underground with the testing cheats enabled even though I never used moveobjects, so I had to turn that cheat setting back to zero in the ini folder.

Hmmm, interesting...I hate to have to buy the games all over again, I admit, but hey, if it gives me a chance to play, I'll give it a shot! Thanks!